Industrial tribunal members are appointed jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment every four years for each industrial tribunal, college and section, on the recommendation of the trade unions and professional organisations in accordance with the procedures set out in this chapter.
Industrial tribunal members are appointed during the year following each cycle of measurement of the trade union audience defined in 5° of article L. 2121-1 for the college of employees and of the employer audience defined in 6° of article L. 2151-1 for the college of employers.
A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this chapter.
The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Labour determine the number of seats allocated for the duration of the term of office to the trade union and professional organisations per industrial tribunal, college and section, on the basis of the number of councillors defined in article L. 1423-2 and, for employees’ trade union organisations, the votes obtained at departmental level by each organisation as part of the audience measurement…
On pain of inadmissibility, challenges relating to the distribution of the number of seats, carried out in application of article L. 1441-4, are lodged with the Conseil d’Etat by a trade union or professional organisation within fifteen days of its publication.
Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1441-7, the following may stand for election: 1° Employees and employers ; 2° Job seekers registered on the list of job seekers; 3° Persons who have ceased all professional activity.
Candidates must 1° Be of French nationality ; 2° They must not have any entries in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record that are incompatible with the exercise of industrial tribunal functions and must not be subject to any prohibition, disqualification or incapacity relating to their civic rights; 3° Be at least twenty-one years old; 4° Have been in employment for two years or have held an industrial tribunal…
The candidacy conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 1441-7 are assessed on the date of appointment. The candidacy conditions defined in 3° and 4° of article L. 1441-7 and those relating to the industrial tribunal, the college and the candidacy section are assessed on the opening date for filing candidacies, set by regulation.
No person may be a candidate : 1° On more than one list mentioned in article L. 1441-18; 2° In more than one section; 3° In an industrial tribunal, college or section other than those for which he fulfils the conditions to be a candidate.
A councillor who has been dismissed pursuant to article L. 1442-14 may not stand as a candidate. An appointed councillor who refuses to be installed, who is declared to have resigned or who is deemed to have resigned pursuant to article L. 1442-1, may not be a candidate for a period of four years from the date of his refusal, from the date of the court decision declaring him to…
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